三思而后缄口——名句欣赏（四十三）

1.A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he saying nothing. Frederick Sawyer

外交官就是一个三思而后缄口的人。

2.A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip. Caskie Stinnett, Out of the Red, 1960

外交官就是这样一个人，他让你滚蛋/去地狱吧，而他的表达方式却居然让你很期盼那趟旅行。

3.The chief distinction of a diplomat is that he can say no in such way that it sounds like yes. Lester Bowles Pearson, Canadian Prime Minister 1963-68

外交官的主要特点就是他说“不”，说得能让你听起来像“是”。

4.I realize the car wasn’t having problems; the ground was having problems. Driver on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridge during the 1989 earthquake.

我意识到车没有问题；地面在出问题。1989年地震时开车经过旧金山—奥克兰大桥的一位司机。

5.JUDGE: You want a divorce on the grounds that your husband is careless about his appearance? WIFE: Yes, your honour—he hasn’t made one for three years. Anon.

法官：你想离婚，理由是你丈夫不在意他的脸面？妻子：是的，先生——三年了他没露一次。

6.For a while we pondered whether to take a vacation or get a divorce. We decided that a trip to Bermuda is over in two weeks, but a divorce is something you always have. Woody Allen, American actor, writer, comeian and director, nightclub act, 1960s

好长一段时间我们在考虑，是去度假呢还是去离婚？我们决定了，去百慕大的旅行只剩两星期了，而离婚是随时都可以的。

7.Many a man owes his success to his first wife an his second wife to hs success. Jim Backus, 1913-89, American actor

很多男士把自己的成功归功于自己的第一任妻子，而把第二任妻子归功于自己的成功。

8.The difference between divorce and legal separation is that a legal separation gives a husband time to hide his money. Johnny Carson, American chat-show host (Attrib.)